Emerging technologies in architectural practice refer to innovative tools, techniques, and methodologies that are beginning to be integrated into the field of architecture. These technologies have the potential to significantly impact the way architects design, plan, and construct buildings and collaborate.

1. Emerging Technology in Practice
Architectural Management
Instructor: Dr. Yasser Balila
AR 625 (M.Arch)
Department of Architecture, faculty Architecture & Planning,
King Abdulaziz University.
Submitted by : Z H M Monjur Murshed
Student id : 2203037

2. Emerging technologies in architectural practice refer to innovative tools, techniques,
and methodologies that are beginning to be integrated into the field of architecture.
These technologies have the potential to significantly impact the way architects design,
plan, and construct buildings and collaborate.

3. DRIVING FACTORS
• The profession tends to be conservative in adopting emerging technologies.
• Construction industry alone invests less than 0.5 percent of contract volume in
research and development, much less than the average of 3.5 percent across all major
industries (Paul Teicholz, 2004)
• Reluctance to adopt new tools may be due to their perceived costs and to uncertainty
in pinpointing or quantifying the benefits.
• Firms may be conservative in adopting new tools.
• External driving factors are continuously incentivizing and requiring technology
adoption even by resisting firms.

4. Driving Factors
Government Initiatives
International :
• The Finland government’s public buildings service, Senaatti, or the Senate Properties,
has been requiring building information models in forms of the IFC open standard since
2007.
• Norway’s equivalent of Finland’s Senaatti, also has mandated BIM deliverables for all
projects since 2010.
• Hong Kong Housing Authority is requiring full BIM adoption by 2014–15.
• Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) will require BIMs on all projects
over 20,000 square meters (~200,000 square feet) for permit approval by 2013.
• South Korea’s Public Procurement Service is making BIM compulsory for all projects
over $50 million and for all public sector projects by 2016.
• United Kingdom is mandating BIM deliverables on public projects, requiring
collaborative 3D BIM on its projects by 2016.

5. Driving Factors
Government Initiatives
United States :
• Several federal agencies have been driving the adoption of BIM through requiring BIM
deliverables.
• GSA Public Buildings Service – 2003
• Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO) - 2007
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – 2009
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – 2012
• At the state level, Wisconsin is mandating BIM on all projects exceeding $5 million.
• Texas has adopted BIM as standard for documentation for all state projects.
• New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has established BIM
guidelines that require BIM on new projects between $15 million and $50 million.

6. Driving Factors
Integration
• The drive for owners and project teams to integrate on both the project and the
enterprise levels have provided a more natural platform for technology innovation and
implementation.
• The full benefit of emerging tools is often realized through multi-stakeholder
collaboration at the project scale, which is facilitated by a higher level of collaboration
and integration.
• On the enterprise level, new technologies have empowered firms to:
a) reorganize and optimize their personnel,
b) leverage their corporate knowledge, and
c) expand their service offerings.
• Emerging tools make it easier for one firm to play multiple roles in a project and do so
in an efficient and integrated manner.

7. Driving Factors
Productivity
• One of the most important drivers behind BIM’s adoption is its impact on design
productivity, through -
▪ increased automation,
▪ higher degree of collaboration,
▪ better accuracy, as well as reduced information loss and
▪ interoperability costs.
• Although technology helps increase automation and collaboration, problems with
interoperability have had significant impacts on potential productivity gains and cost
savings.
• The ever-improving state of interoperability is an important driver of technology
adoption, as firms require better integration to improve their productivity and continue
to collaborate effectively.

8. TECHNOLOGY FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN
• 3D Imaging and Laser Scanning
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Requirement Modeling: The proposed design model can be imported into the validation
application where deviations from requirements are automatically identified and
reported.
• Product Modeling
• Electronic Specifications: this sections can be defined and linked to the appropriate
model objects early in the design process, and edits to the specifications can be made
as requirements change.
• Model Checkers
• 3D Printing
• Optimization: by priority, giving designers an understanding of the trade-offs
• between performance objectives.

9. CONSTRUCTION
• Supply Chain Management: using bar codes or radio frequency identification (RFID)
tags to track equipment and materials throughout the job site, increasing the precision
and timeliness of supply inventory.
• Off-Site Fabrication: BIM-enabled prefabrication and computer numerical controlled
(CNC) machining are two processes enabling the shift of construction from the field to
controlled, off-site facilities.
• Field Mobility: Field management software on portable tablets is bringing BIM
technology from the office to the field. Applications allow for mobile access to models
and specifications, field report and punch list completion, and comparison of as-built
conditions to design models on augmented reality displays.

10. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
• Facility Operations and Management: If a building is equipped with building
automation systems (BAS), then certain software tools allow O&M personnel to locate
rooms within the model and access their controls to optimize energy performance in
real time. .
• Life Cycle Planning: Technology assists life cycle assessment (LCA) through the
construction of databases containing relevant energy and materials inputs, and
environmental releases for products and materials. Having easy access to this data
can inform design decisions and model-based analyses, quantifying the environmental
impacts.

11. COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY
• Interactive Displays and Workspaces: Interactive displays with features such as
touchscreens, video conferencing, and digital whiteboards are becoming integral tools
in design and construction, enabling focused presentations and enhanced
collaboration. .
• Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment: Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual
Reality (VR).
• Cloud Computing & Model Server: Cloud computing is facilitating tighter integration
between various design disciplines and builders, helping them to share and update
models, and generate and send various communications.
• Electronic Submissions

12. COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY
• FIGURE: The BIM and VDC
Scorecard Framework,
composed of 4 areas, 10
divisions, and over 60
measures.
• Performance Dashboards

13. CONCLUSION
• If the current pace of technology evolution in practice is maintained, architects can and
should have an optimistic outlook on the future of technology in practice. Based on the
observable trends and the emerging tools described throughout this presentation, one
can imagine the impact of technology on practice in the future.
• Widespread impacts on the industry as a whole.
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